Quotes by Men All my life I've been aware of the Second World War humming in the background. I was born 10 years after it was finished, and without ever seeing it. It formed my generation and the world we lived in. I played Hurricanes and Spitfires in the playground, and war films still form the basis of all my moral philosophy. All the men I've ever got to my feet for or called sir had been in the war. A. A. Gill men philosophy war He (Jeremy Clarkson) is the last man standing on the beach commanding the glaciers' melt waters to go back A. A. Gill water men beach Is it a particularly British trait to so utterly adore truly appalling men, from Tony Hancock through to Steptoe and Alf Garnett, Captain Mainwaring, Rigsby, Del Boy, Victor Meldrew and on to David Brent from The Office. The most deeply adored characters are all simply vile. A. A. Gill character men boys The average man finds life very uninteresting as it is. And I think the reason why is that he is always waiting for something to happen to him instead of setting to work to make things happen A. A. Milne average men thinking Walking with her man, Lost in a dream A. A. Milne dream lost men Whereas men of an older school, like myself, smoke for the pleasure of smoking, men of this school smoke for the pleasure of pipe-owning-of selecting which of their many white-spotted pipes they will fill with their specially blended tobacco, of filling the one so chosen, of lighting it, of taking it from the mouth to gaze lovingly at the white spot and thus letting it go out, of lighting it again and letting it go out again, of polishing it up with their own special polisher and putting it to bed, and then the pleasure of beginning all over again with another white-spotted one. A. A. Milne white men school It is impossible to win gracefully at chess. No man has yet said "Mate!" in a voice which failed to sound to his opponent bitter, boastful and malicious. A. A. Milne games winning men A pipe in the mouth makes it clear that there has been no mistake-you are undoubtedly a man. A. A. Milne smoking mistake men The other day I met a man who didn't know where Tripoli was. Tripoli happened to come into the conversation, and he was evidently at a loss. "Let's see," he said. "Tripoli is just down by the - er - you know. What's the name of that place?" "That's right," I answered, "just opposite, Thingumabob. I could show you in a minute on a map. It's near - what do they call it?" At this moment the train stopped, and I got out and went straight home to look at my atlas. A. A. Milne loss home men I cannot understand how any man or woman can believe in the Lord's coming and not be a missionary, or at least committed to the work of missions with every power of his being. A. B. Simpson missionary men believe This is our high calling, to represent Christ, and act in His behalf, and in His character and spirit, under all circumstances and toward all men. A. B. Simpson calling character men God never can use any man very much till he has grace enough to forget himself entirely while doing God's work; for He will not give His glory to another nor share with the most valued instrument the praise that belongs to Jesus Christ alone. A. B. Simpson giving men jesus God wants us to speak to men so that they will feel it, so that they will never forget it. God means every Christian to be effective, to make a difference in the actual records and results of Christian work. God put each of us here to be a power. There is not one of us but is an essential wheel of the machinery and can accomplish all that God calls us to. A. B. Simpson christian men mean Be brave. Cowards always get hurt. Brave men generally come out unharmed. A. B. Simpson brave hurt men The sanctified body is one whose hands are clean. The stain of dishonesty is not on them, the withering blight of ill-gotten gain has not blistered them, the mark of violence is not found upon them. They have been separated from every occupation that could displease God or injure a fellow-man. A. B. Simpson fellow-man men hands We may not preach a crucified Savior without being also crucified men and women. It is not enough to wear an ornamental cross as a pretty decoration. The cross that Paul speaks about was burned into his very flesh, was branded into his being, and only the Holy Spirit can burn the true cross into our innermost life. A. B. Simpson flesh may men It is all right when God sends us the approval of our fellow men; however, we must never make that approval a motive in our life. A. B. Simpson approval fellow-man men We always knew how to honor fallen soldiers. They were killed for our sake, they went out on our mission. But how are we to mourn a random man killed in a terrorist attack while sitting in a cafe? How do you mourn a housewife who got on a bus and never returned? A. B. Yehoshua soldier honor men No one man is superior to the game. A. Bartlett Giamatti teamwork games men Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping. A. C. Benson ambition work men 1234567891011»